TABLE OF CONTENTS HOW DO WE APPLY SCIENCE INTRODUCTION CHAPTERS REVOLUTIONARY EARLY APPLIED SCIENCE 1 APPLIED SCIENCE ENDS WAR 17 WORK IT APPLIED SCIENTIST 27 ENGINEERING THE FUTURE 37 46 GLOSSARY SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY WEBSITES 47 47 INDEX 48 SCIENTIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT THOMAS EDISON 10 MARTHA COSTON NIKOLA TESLA LEONARDO DA VINCI 40 30
HOW DO WE APPLY SCIENCE INTRODUCTION ith a flip of a coin Orville and Wilbur Wright had decided who would be the first to fly their latest invention In their Ohio bicycle shop the brothers had built an engine like no other It was both light and powerful They chose the Kill Devil Hills at Kitty Hawk North Carolina to test their flying machine because the winds there would help lift the wings and the sandy beaches would soften the blow if they crashed Starting the engine Wilbur pulled sharply on the controls and the plane lifted Then it sputtered and stalled crashing onto the beach It took three days to fix the craft Orville's turn came on December 17 1903 The wind blew at 27 miles 43 5 km per hour from the north as Orville ran the propeller and engine Releasing the restraining wire at 10 35 A M Orville increased the speed and the plane lifted into the air Orville flew the plane for about 120 feet 36 6 m in 12 seconds With this first controlled powered flight the Wright brothers changed the world and they did it with applied science Applied science answers the question of how something will get done By investigat ing nature to discover its inner workings observing for understanding and experi menting with one's findings scientists can develop technologies and invent gadgets to address the problems and dilemmas of everyday life From the Wright brothers airplane and other engineering marvels to advances in medicine computers fisheries food nuclear energy and crime solving all these fields rely on applied
